President Barack Obama called The Wire one of the best shows of all time, and curbed his Chicago bias enough to rave about New York Knicks sensation Jeremy Lin during a 24-minute basketball-centric conversation on Bill Simmons B.S. Report podcast.
根据外媒报道，美国总统奥巴马近日接受了BS Report播客时长24分钟的访谈，奥巴马表示这个节目是 一直以来最精彩的节目之一 。在与NBA名嘴比尔 西蒙斯谈到纽约尼克斯队赤手可热的华裔球星林书豪时，奥巴马盛赞他的这位哈佛校友，表示自己早就知道他很厉害。奥巴马总统是芝加哥公牛队的死忠球迷。以下是访谈中奥巴马与比尔 西蒙斯谈到林书豪的部分：
Simmons: So you re catching up, obviously, on the fact that you had been surpassed as the most famous person who was a Harvard graduate.
西蒙斯：很明显，现在有了林书豪，总统您可不再是世界上最出名的哈佛毕业生了。
Obama: Jeremy is doing good. And I knew about Jeremy before you did, or everybody else did, because Arne Duncan, my Secretary of Education, was captain of the Harvard team. And so way back when, Arne and I were playing and he said, I m telling you, we ve got this terrific guard named Jeremy Lin at Harvard. And then one of my best friends, his son is a freshman at Harvard, and so when he went for a recruiting trip he saw Lin in action. So I ve been on the Jeremy Lin bandwagon for a while.
奥巴马：林书豪做得很棒，我很早就知道他了，我比全世界所有人都早知道他有多厉害。因为我的教育部长阿恩 邓肯以前在哈佛大学篮球队担任队长，很早之前，我们在打篮球的时候就谈到过他，邓肯跟我说哈佛有一个很厉害的控球后卫叫林书豪。然后我有一个很好的朋友的孩子进了哈佛，他在读一年级的时候参加了招募旅行，亲眼证实了林书豪的实力。我早就在关注林书豪了。
Simmons: Are you taking credit for Linsanity ? It kind of feels like you are a little bit.
西蒙斯：看来 林疯狂 也有总统您的功劳!好像有点哦。
Obama: I can t take credit for it, but I m just saying I was there early.
奥巴马：不能这样说，不过我真的很早之前就在关注这个小伙子了。
Simmons: I m surprised you didn t steer him toward the Bulls. He was floating around and getting waived by teams.
西蒙斯：我真奇怪您怎么没把他弄进公牛队去，当时他辗转好几个球队之间，还被火箭和勇士给裁掉了。
Obama: Well, we ve got this pretty good point guard on the Bulls as well. So he might not have gotten as much PT as he did.
奥巴马：公牛队的控球后卫也很不错。林书豪如果没有之前的经历，也不会得到那么多的锻炼。
Obama: But look, it s a great story. And what s interesting is the fact that somehow folks were missing it in practice. I mean, that s what s interesting. Because you got to assume that during scrimmages he was running that pick-and-roll pretty well. And it is a terrific story. He seems like a wonderful young man. And, look, it elevates this great sport all around the world. It can t hurt ratings for basketball in China.
奥巴马：林书豪的故事很伟大，有趣的是，现实中人们会莫名其妙地错过有才能的球员。真的很有趣。现在来看看，他在跟赛场上跟对手争球时挡拆战术做得非常好。这是一个很棒的故事，他看起来是个很不错的年轻人。他让篮球这项伟大的运动在整个世界的地位都得到了提升，中国人对篮球的关注也在高涨。